Automobile-body.



J. T. TRUMBLE. AUTOMOBILE BODY. APPLlCATIoN FILED APP..29.1912,

1,124,676. Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

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APPLICATION MLBD\APR.29,1912

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

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J. T. TRUMBLE. AUTOMOBILE BODY. APPLICATION FILED APR.29,1912, 1,124,675, A Patented Jan-12, 1915.

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,UNITE .STAfrararuNfr orribili JOHN T. TRUMBLE, 0F SAGINAW, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES C. SPREEN, OF SAGINAW', I/IICHIGAN.

AUTOMOBILE-BODY.

Application led April 29, 1912.

T0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOI-1N T. TRUMBLE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Saginaw, in the county of Saginaw and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in automobile-Bodies, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

In automobiles as usually constructed, the electric wiring for light-ing and other purposes is liable to become loosened and broken by the constant vibration of the vehicle and short circuits caused by the insulation of the wires becoming worn away or soaked with water or oil. The services of an eX- pert are required to properly repair or install such wiring and much time is consumed in stringing and securing the wires in place.

The object of this invention is to provide a body construction which is such that the wires will be inclosed, heid and protected, thus obviating all liability of breakage and short circuits, and the work of wiring is greatly simplified and lessened.

To this end the invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through an automobile body having a construction embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a sectional detail of a body sill, taken on the line m-.r of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a dash-board; Fig. 4 is a section on the line i/--Q/ of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional detail of a hood rail; Fig. 6 is a detail similar to that of Fig. 5 showing a modified construction, the same being a section on line VI of Fig. 8; Fig. 7 is a section of a sill on the line VII of Fig. 8 showing a modified construction; and Fig. 8 is a detail showing a vertical section through a portion of the dash and the adjacent parts of the body sill and hood rail in elevation with parts broken away to show the construction.

s an illustration of the application of this invention, an automobile body is shown provided with wiring for electric lights, but it will be understood that the invention applies as well to the wiring of automobile bodies for other purposes.

Specification of Letters Eatent,

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

sarai No. 693,915.

in automobile body of any desired form and construction is provided with longitudinal side sills 10 which are each formed with a longitudinal groove 11 to receive insulated electric wires 12 leading from a storage battery indicated at 13 (Fig. 1) and located beneath the rear seat of the body. When the body is being constructed these wires 12 are laid in the groove to receive them and a strip 14e of fabric, preferably adhesive tape, is placed over the groove and wires. A wooden covering strip 15 is then secured by means of screws 16 or other suitable fastening devices, over the strip le to hold it in place and effectually close the side of the groove 11. At the forward end of the sills 10, certain of the wires 12 are carried upward in suitable grooves 17 formed in the face of the dash-board 1S and these grooves are likewise covered by fabric strips 19 similar to the strips 14: and by a thin board 2O or wood strips similar to the strips 15. These wires are carried upward on the dash to a suitable switch or other controlling device 21. Some of the wires 12 which extend forwardly along the side sills 10 are carried forward at each side of the hood 22 within a groove 23 in the hood rail 24 which is secured in place in the usual manner upon the upper side of the side members 25 of the channel iron chassis frame. These forwardly extending wires are thoroughly protected and held in their grooves 23 in the same manner that they are held in the sills 10. that is, a fabric strip 26 is placed over the groove which is in the lower side of the rail and a wood strip 27 secured to said lower side of the rail over the groove by iieans of screws or other fastening means. |Ihese wires are thus carried forward to supply electric current for the lamps which are commonly supported at the forward end of the chassis.

In the construction shown in Fig. 6, the hood rail 28 is shown provided with a separate groove 29 for each wire and the wooden strip SO for closing these grooves is set into a groove or channel formed in the face of the rail. Likewise in the modified construction of the sill shown in Fig. 7 a separate groove 81 is provided for each wire and the closing strip 32 is set into a channel formed in the inner face of the sill.

By providing the automobile body with .grooves when its parts are machined up in the manufacture of the body, the electric wiring may be laid into these grooves before the body is placed upon the chassis thus greatly facilitating the work of wiring and when the wires are so laid and secured in place by the fabric covering and Wooden strip, they are securely held against all possibility of becoming broken or their insulation chafed and worn through by the vibration of the machine. lVater and oil is also positively excluded from the groove so that short circuits cannot be caused by the insulation of the wires becoming soaked with oil or other iuid. It will seldom be necessary to disturb the wiring when secured in place in this manner, as when the body is removed for the purpose of repairing the automobile the wiring will remain in place upon the body and it will, therefore, always be in a position to be connected up when the body is again secured in place upon the chassis.

Obviously changes may be made in the details of construction Without departing from the spirit of my invention and I do not therefore wish to limit myself to the particular form and arrangement shown.

lHaving thus fully described my invention what I claim is Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the In an automobile body, side sills having the confronting sides thereof provided with longitudinal grooves arranged in parallelism and extending from one end of each sill to the opposite end thereof, a dash board supported by the forward ends of said sills and having the front side thereof provided with vertical grooves having the upper ends thereof converging .to a point centrally of said dash board, said dash board having openings formed therein at the lower ends of the vertical grooves there of, wires arranged in the grooves of said sills and extending from Vsaid grooves through the openings of said dash board into the grooves thereof, strips countersunk in the inner sides of said sills and closing the grooves thereof, and a board secured to said dash board and closing the grooves thereof, said board cooperating with. said strips in preventing said wires from becoming accidentally displaced.

In testimony whereof I aiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN rr. TRUMBLE.

Vitnesses LEWIS E. FLANDERS, ANNA M. Donn.

Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C. 

